Huarong
华容区 | |
---|---|
Coordinates: 30°32′03″N 114°43′48″E / 30.5343°N 114.7299°E | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Province | Hubei |
Prefecture-level city | Ezhou |
Area | |
• Total | 482.5 km2 (186.3 sq mi) |
Population (2020 census[1]) | |
• Total | 256,834 |
• Density | 530/km2 (1,400/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Website | 华容区政府门户网站 (translation: Huarong District Government Web Portal (in Simplified Chinese) |
Huarong District (simplified Chinese: 华容区; traditional Chinese: 華容區; pinyin: Huáróng[2] Qū) is a district of the city of Ezhou, Hubei province, People's Republic of China. The district is named after Huarong Town, the name of which is of disputed origin.[3][4] Huarong (華容) is mentioned in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.[5]
Huarong is mostly rural. It is mostly located on the right (southern) bank of the Yangtze River, between Ezhou's main urban area (Echeng District) and Liangzihu District in the south and Hongshan District and Jiangxia District of the city of Wuhan in the west. Huarong District faces Xinzhou District and Tuanfeng County across the Yangtze to the north, and Huangzhou District to the east. The district administers islands in the Yangtze including part of Sand Islet (沙洲) near Echeng District and part of People's Islet (人民洲) near Tuanfeng County.
华容是一座古老的小镇,唐时设驿,宋时置镇,它的形成至今已有一千多年的历史了。它的得名,说法有二:一是,相传唐太宗经过华容,取"花容月貌"之意而赐名"华容";二是,因镇上建有"华容寺"而得名"华容"。
华容区以华容镇得名。相传唐太宗李世民南征途经此地时,取"花容月貌"之意而将此地赐名华容。{...}1996年,华容区面积459.5平方千米,人口约26.5万人。辖5个镇、4个乡:华容镇、庙岭镇、葛店镇、段店镇、胡林镇、大湾乡、蒲团乡、临江乡、泥矶乡。政府驻华容镇。{...}2010年第六次人口普查,华容区常住总人口237333人,其中:华蓉镇58401人,葛店镇62173人,庙岭镇30090人,段店镇34601人,临江乡30056人,蒲团乡19451人,葛店开发区2561人。